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† Joens, Harold Martin, SN 39-575-838, US Army, Crawford Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • b. 5 Feb 1917 Manilla, Crawford Co., IA; s/o John Henry Joens (b. Iowa Twp., Crawford Co.) & Adelia M. Nehls (b. Washington Twp., Crawford Co.).
  • moved to Orange Co., CA in late 1930s; married Emaline Rose Neff of Audubon Co. in California.
  • entered service 18 Jun 1943 from Los Angeles; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla, Crawford Co.
  • Co. H, 414th Inf. Regt., 104th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 17 Apr 1945 near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
  • Military Note: posthumous Silver Star recipient.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany

†  Johnson, Arthur Burdick, US Merchant Marine, Shelby Co.
  • b. 29 Sep 1882 Hardin Co.; oldest of three sons of Charles D. Johnson (d. 1907) & Clementine Burdick (d. 1900), both b. Wisconsin; family moved from Hardin Co. to Woodbine, Harrison Co. in 1890s; Charles D. Johnson married 1901 Dicy E. Deen of Harlan, Shelby Co. & returned to Hardin Co. from Woodbine in 1905; After Charles D. Johnson's death, Dicy and her two younger stepsons lived intermittently in Harlan.
  • joined Merchant Marine before 1920; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Stranded in Manila, Luzon, Philippines when WWII began; interned in civilian POW camp at San Tomas University, Manila; d. 23 Nov 1944 Manila from beri-beri.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost

† Johnson, Casper Simon, SN 37-021-372, US Army, Pott. Co. & Hennepin Co., MN
  • b. 31 Jul 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o John Johnson (d. 1943) & Johanna M. Petersen of Co. Bluffs, both b. Denmark; mother married Enos C. Bostwick of Co. Bluffs 1944 in Omaha.
  • moved to Hennepin Co., MN around 1939; married Marian D. Shervey Dec 1941 Jackson Co., MO, two children.
  • entered service from Hennepin Co., MN; service credited to Hennepin Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.
  • 14th Tank Bn., 9th Armored Div., VIII Corps, First Army; KIA 17 Dec 1944 near St. Vith, Belgium.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins @ Battle of St. Vith

​† Johnson, Einar Sixton Jr., SN 6-583-528, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 13 Aug 1915 Stanton, Montgomery Co.; s/o Karl Einar Johnson (b. Sweden) & Karin Matilda Kindberg (b. Sweden); family lived in Montgomery Co. in Stanton and Red Oak, moving to Medford, OR in 1940.
  • entered service 5 Mar 1940 from Montgomery Co.; service credited to Chickasaw Co., reason unknown; body not recovered; memorialized on Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Mamre Cem., Stanton, Montgomery Co.
  • Battery H, 59th Coast Artillery Regt.; POW, captured May 1942 with the surrender of Corregidor Is., Luzon, Philippines; KIA 24 Oct 1944 while being transported on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, south of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); ~1773 US POWs and ~100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost

† Johnson, Frank Allen, SN 37-189-738, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 17 Jan 1915 Malvern, Mills Co.; s/o Marcus E. Johnson (b. Fremont Co.) & Mary E. Hambsch (b. Strahan, Mills Co.); family moved to Grove Twp., Rt. 1, Macedonia, Pott. Co. in late 1920s.
  • entered service 23 Mar 1942 from Macedonia, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
  • Co. D, 67th Armored Regt., 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 26 Aug 1944 near Seine River, NW of Paris, France.
  • WWiI Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Northern France & Belgium

† Johnson, Martin Raymond, SN 345935, US Marine Corps, Monona Co.
  • b. 10 Apr 1922 rural Moorhead, Spring Valley Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Martin Johnson (b. Moorhead) & Hannah Sorensen (b. Denmark, d. 1934).
  • entered service 12 Jan 1942 from Moorhead, Monona Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, Moorhead, Iowa; buried Natl. Memorial Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI.
  • Co. I, 2nd Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div.; KIA 20 Nov 1943 Red Beach 1, Tarawa, Gilbert Is.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Gilbert Islands @ Battle of Tarawa

† Johnson, Max Roy, SN 20-716-191, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 6 Jan 1925 Hastings, Mills Co.; s/o Charles H. Johnson (b. Oakland, Pott. Co.) & Florabel Ball (b. Jackson Co., MO); parents divorced 1943.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Hastings, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Hastings Cem.
  • Co. I (Glenwood), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., detached to British 6th Commando Battalion; KIA 21 Nov 1942 NE Algeria.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Race to Tunis

† Johnson, Melvin Wallace, SN 37-483-507, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 10 Oct 1914 Tama, Tama Co.; s/o Alfred F. Johnson (b. Richland Co., IL) & Minnie F. Schlumbohm (b. Germany; d. 1923) ; family lived in Hawarden, Atlantic, & Perry, IA.
  • married Dorothy E. Bishop of Cass Co. Jun 1939 in Atlantic, one child; worked in Harrison Co. before entering service.
  • entered service 1 Aug 1943 from Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • 314th Inf. Regt., 79th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; DOW 18 Nov 1944 Saverne Gap, Alsace, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Alsace/Seventh Army

† Johnson, Myron Paul Edward (served as Johnson Myron P E), SN 37-194-564, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 9 Jun 1919 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward C. Johnson (b. Sweden) & Althea Holmberg (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.).
  • entered service 8 May 1942 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Co. F, 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; captured about 7 Jan 1945 in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge; release from captivity date unknown; DNB 1 May 1945 in British hospital, Belgium; malnutrition & pneumonia.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated

† Johnson, Raymond Earl, SN 0-1-301-648, US Army, Fremont Co.
  • b. 5 Oct 1918 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o William A. Johnson (b. Sidney, Fremont Co.; d. 1944) & Alice J. Wood (b. Douglas Co., MO); family moved to Sidney, Fremont Co. by 1921.
  • married June D. Hall of Fremont Co. Dec 1943, one child.
  • entered service 13 Oct 1939 from Sidney, Fremont Co.; service credited to Fremont Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • 119th Inf. Regt., 30th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army; wounded near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, DOW 19 Nov 1944 in Netherlands.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > Operation Queen

† Johnson, Robert Allen, SN 0-724-624, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co.
  • b. Dec 1920 Fairmont, Martin Co., MN; s/o Paul Allen Johnson (b. Cherokee, Cherokee Co.) & Minnie Belle Aug (b. Fillmore Co., MN); family moved to Denison, Crawford Co. in 1920s.
  • entered service 24 Sep 1941 at Fort Crook, NE from Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Fort Snelling Natl. Cem., Minneapolis, MN.
  • 330th Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Alconbury; on temporary duty with Twelfth Air Force in North Africa; Consolidated B-24D Liberator #41-23703 pilot; DNB 7 Dec 1942 when aircraft hit high ground approaching Tafraoui Airfield, near Oran, Algeria; all on board died.
  • Note: the 330th Bomb. Sqdn. Liberator Hot Stuff (#41-23728, from the same production run) crashed in Iceland on 3 May 1943, killing Lt. General Frank Maxwell Andrews, at the time commanding general of US forces in the ETO. His name is remembered with Joint Base Andrews, near Washington, DC.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War

† Johnson, Russell John Victor, SN 17-131-544, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 23 Jan 1923 Lincoln Twp., NW of Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward C. Johnson (b. Sweden) & Althea Holmberg (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.).
  • entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • 835th Bomb Sqdn., 486th Bomb. Gp, based at Davis-Monthan Army Air Base, Tucson, AZ; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-52756 crew member; DNB 18 Feb 1944 NE of Phoenix near Rio Verde, AZ; aircraft #42-52756 & #42-41159 collided and locked wings on a training flight shortly before deployment to the European theater; all 17 men on the two aircraft died.

​† Johnston, Stanford Samuel, SN 20-706-341, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 25 Feb 1915 Atlantic; s/o Samuel W. Johnston (b. Mitchell Co., IA) & Margaret M. Smith (b. Griswold, Cass Co.).
  • entered service with National Guard 1 Mar 1941 at Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
  • Co. K (Atlantic), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 8 Nov 1942 near Algiers, Algeria.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Operation Torch

​† Jones, Paul Bernard, SN 297,023, US Marine Corps, Webster Co.
  • b. 25 Aug 1920 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Fred G. Jones & Ethel A. Randolph, both b. Audubon Co; family moved to Rockwell City, Calhoun Co. in early 1920s and to Fort Dodge, Webster Co. in late 1920s.
  • farm hand in rural Laurens, Swan Lake Twp., Pocahontas Co. in early 1940.
  • entered service 27 Sep 1940 from rural Laurens, Pocahontas Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Jones, 2034 Fourth Ave., Fort Dodge, IA; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI.
  • Co. C, 1st Bn., 22nd Marine Regt.; KIA 22 Feb 1944 Parry Is., near Eniwetok Is., Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Is.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Marshall Islands @ Battle of Parry Is.

† Jones, Donald Eugene, SN 37-484-709, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. about 1921 Iowa; s/o Rev. Roy E. Jones (b. Auburn, Sac Co.) & Anna V. Wahlstrom (b. Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL); family lived at multiple locations, mostly in the midwest; father was  pastor of Glendale Presbyterian Church in rural Co. Bluffs in mid-1940s.
  • married Elvira Emilie (Stein) Scherer of Mascoutah, St. Clair Co., IL; she was a civilian air force instructor.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Cottonwood Co., MN; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 1305th Base Unit, India-China Division, Air Transport Command; based at Dum Dum Airport, near Calcutta/Kolkata, West Bengal, India; Douglas C-47B-1-DL Skytrain/Dakota #43-16261 radio operator with pilot Judson B. Baskett; d. 27 Nov 1945 north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; flight from Singapore to Butterworth, Malaya.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > India, 1942-45

† Jones, Homer Ernest Jr., SN 0-720-519, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 11 Dec 1916 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Homer E. Jones (b. St John Twp., Harrison Co.) & Nellie H. Brown (b. Woodbine, Harrison Co.).
  • married Doris E. Carson of Logan, Harrison Co. Oct 1939 in Co. Bluffs, one child.
  • entered service 1 Oct 1942 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 8th Combat Cargo Sqdn., 2nd Combat Cargo Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Biak Is., New Guinea, Dutch Indies; Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota tail number unknown; DNB 3 Feb 1945 Dulag, Leyte, Philippines, another aircraft taking off veered off the runway and struck Jones' aircraft, two died; fractured skull.
  • WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force

† Jorgensen, Everett, SN 39-398-666, US Army, Shelby Co. & Tuolumne Co., CA
  • b. 11 Sep 1906 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Peter Hansen Jorgensen (b. Denmark) & Mary Julia Rasmussen (b. Shelby Co.; d. 1940); family moved to Douglas Twp., Audubon Co. before 1920.
  • moved to the Central Valley of California in late 1930s.
  • entered service Oct 1942, service credited to Tuolumne Co., CA; buried Jacksonville Cem., Shelby Co.
  • Co B., 130th Inf. Regt., 33rd Inf. Div., I Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 15 Apr 1945 approaching Baguio, northern Luzon, Philippines.
  •  WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon

† Jorgensen, George Eugene Jr., SN 316-86-64, US Navy, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • b. 7 Mar 1920 Hazel Dell Twp., rural Crescent, Pott. Co.; s/o George E. Jorgensen (b. Co. Bluffs) & Marion E. Ham (b. York Co., NE); family lived in rural Crescent & Pacific Jct., Mills Co.
  • married Betty A. Enselman of Mills Co. Mar 1943 Omaha.
  • enlisted Dec 1941; next of kin wife, Mrs. Betty M. (sic, Betty A.) Jorgensen, Rt. 1, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Navy signalman on Army tanker Y-17 carrying aviation fuel from Hamble-le-Rice, near Southampton SW of London to the Antwerp, Belgium area; KIA 9 Apr 1945 off Ostend, Belgium; Y-17 sunk by torpedo from German midget submarine U-5309; all 18 crew members died.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Naval War

† Joslin, Lee Roy, SN 1-230-716, US Coast Guard, Webster Co. & Mariposa Co., CA
  • b. 21 Jan 1920 Co. Bluffs s/o Othe B. Joslin (b. Nodaway Co., MO) & Nettie Marchbanks (b. Loveland, Pott. Co.); family moved to Tara west of Fort Dodge, Webster Co. in late 1920s; parents divorced about 1930; ​starting in early 1930s, family members moved between Webster Co. & California.
  • Lee Roy Joslin was a miner in Mariposa Co., CA in 1940;  married Ethel Frances (Hogan) Morrell in Sonoma Co., CA 1942, one stepchild & one child.
  • entered service 8 Oct 1941 from Fort Dodge; buried Sarah Priest Cem., Midpines, Mariposa Co., CA.
  • No overseas service, other Coast Guard service details unknown; d. 14 Apr 1946 in auto accident in Oakland, Alameda Co.; excessive speed & alcohol consumption.

† Juhl, William David, SN 8-863-628, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 10 Oct 1919 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o William M. Juhl (b. Shelby Co.; d. 1943) & Flora M. Dales (b. O'Brien Co.).
  • entered service 1 Nov 1938 from Rt. 4, Harlan, Shelby Co.; service credited to Fayette Co. for unknown reason; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Harlan Cem., Shelby Co.
  • Co. G, 31st Inf. Regt., Philippine Div.; POW Philippines 1942; d. 8 Aug 1942 at Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines from malaria.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost
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